Frank Stallworth Lockhart (born April 8, 1903 at Dayton, Ohio - April 25, 1928 at Daytona Beach, Florida) was an American automobile racing driver active in the 1920s, considered by many historians to be a legend in the sport on par with 1960s British World Driving Champion Jim Clark.[1] During a "remarkable if all too short" career,[1] Lockhart won numerous races on dirt, board tracks, the 1926 Indianapolis 500, and set a world land speed record for a distance average. In all, he had nine AAA wins and two vice-championships in two years of competition.

Bill France Sr. organizes a meeting at the Streamline Hotel in Daytona Beach, Florida, to discuss the problems facing stock car racing. Among the issues facing the sport were tracks that could not handle the crowds or the cars and varying rules from location to location. Others agreed that these were problems that could be solved, and from that meeting, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing was born.

]]>dave.sbcinc@gmail.com (Barbara)Magnificent Machines with Mike ManningMon, 14 Mar 2016 16:32:38 -0500Back to the early days of Land Speed Records http://militaryappreciationchannel.com/directory/item/2376-back-to-the-early-days-of-land-speed-records
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Mike and NASCAR Hall of Fame Historian Buz McKim take you back to the early days of land speed records for a ride-along with one of the most famous daredevils of all time – Sir Malcom Campbell.